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LPT for a smooth ride (startrek.website)

submitted 10 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[-] my_legs_still_hurt92@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago

But F1 tires are smooth as fuck too.

[-] LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

The drivers are pros though and there's every available safety measure built in the car, the clothing, the track, etc.

[-] Dontfearthereaper123@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago

No they just use different tyres for different conditions

[-] LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

And different drivers and different safety measures. That's just a whole other circus.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works -2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Not on passenger cars they don’t.

I should clarify:

seasonal tires are definitely a thing for passenger cars.
bald (or sanded down/shaved) tires on a car not intended for track use means you need you need to get new tires, like, yesterday.

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago

Passenger cars are not in F1.

[-] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

This is why Southern US has a problem when it snows. Everyone pretty much has summer tires.

In the cold, summer tires are as hard as hockey pucks.

[-] Ape550@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Have you heard of summer tires, snow tires or all seasons?

The tires on my car can only be used in temps above 45° and honestly at 45-50° it’s extremely sketchy until they get warmed up. They’re also terrible in the rain and really only meant for warm weather and dry days.

You also wouldn’t want to run full snow tires in the summer.

So passenger cars absolutely have tires meant for different conditions

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Yes. I own both summer and snow tires.

I am fully aware that passenger cars can and do use season-appropriate tires.

I am saying that sanding your tires down to be bald is a great way to shorten your lifespan. Normal consumer-grade non-track-use tires are categorically always supposed to have tread. If they don’t, you need new tires.

[-] Ape550@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I don’t think anyone was saying bald or sanded down tires would be good. If the tires were supposed to be groved but no longer are, those tires are WAY beyond their expected life and need to be changed. The rubber compounds are different than actual slicks and bald tires will never provide adequate traction even with the increased contact patch. Slick tires are completely different.